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Year end picks: 50 favorite albums of 2024
A multitude of reeds, bass and drums trios, and so much more
Dec 18, 2024
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Midweek pick, November 27th, 2024: The Music of... Oaagaada
Oaagaada: Music Of…(We Jazz Records)
Nov 27, 2024
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Midweek pick, November 27th, 2024: The Music of... Oaagaada
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Midweek pick, October 31st, 2024: Goldberg, Sickafoose and Amendola's Monk bridges
Ben Goldberg, Todd Sickafoose & Scott Amendola: Here to There (Secret Hatch Records)
Oct 31, 2024
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Midweek pick, October 31st, 2024: Goldberg, Sickafoose and Amendola's Monk bridges
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Mid-year picks: 30 + 10 favorite album releases from January through June, 2024
Jul 24, 2024
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End-of-year picks, December 20th, 2023: 50 favorite albums of 2023
Dec 20, 2023
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Quarterly picks: 20 fave album releases circa July through September (and a bit), 2024.
Oct 9, 2024
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Midweek picks: 10 favorite reissues and vault releases of 2023
Dec 13, 2023
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Midweek pick, October 25th: Minutemen blistering live performance at City Gardens, 1985
Oct 25, 2023
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Midweek pick, October 25th: Minutemen blistering live performance at City Gardens, 1985
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Midweek pick, April 24th, 2024: Waldron, Lacy, Workman and Cyrille live in Antwerp
Apr 24, 2024
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Midweek pick, April 24th, 2024: Waldron, Lacy, Workman and Cyrille live in Antwerp
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Midweek pick, October 24th, 2024: Nacka Forum's (not quite so) peaceful (not really) piano.
Nacka Forum: Peaceful Piano (Moserobie Music Productions)
Oct 24, 2024
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Midweek pick, October 24th, 2024: Nacka Forum's (not quite so) peaceful (not really) piano.
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Midweek pick, October 17th, 2024: Modern Flora
Dylan Hicks & Small Screens: Modern Flora (Soft Launch Records)
Oct 17, 2024
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Midweek pick, October 17th, 2024: Modern Flora
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Quarterly picks: 20 fave album releases circa July through September (and a bit), 2024.
My aim with the Midweek Pick, which has been the main recurring series on this Substack, has been and will continue to be to produce short write-ups of…
Oct 9, 2024
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Midweek pick, September 25th, 2024: Gjerstad Trio's Unknown Purposes
Frode Gjerstad Trio: Unknown Purposes (Circulasione Totale)
Sep 25, 2024
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Midweek pick, September 25th, 2024: Gjerstad Trio's Unknown Purposes
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Midweek pick, September 4th, 2024: Gauci, Lane & Shea bring their thrilling live game to the studio
Stephen Gauci/Adam Lane/Kevin Shea: Live at Scholes Street Studio (gaucimusic)
Sep 4, 2024
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Midweek pick, September 4th, 2024: Gauci, Lane & Shea bring their thrilling live game to the studio
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Sunday revisit: Stein, Ward, Revis and Black's Nature Work
Nature Work: Nature Work (Sunnyside Records)
Sep 1, 2024
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Midweek pick, August 22nd, 2024: More gems from the Berliner Jazztage archives
Live footage of the Muhal Richard Abrams Sextet, Anthony Braxton, and more.
Aug 22, 2024
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Midweek pick, August 22nd, 2024: More gems from the Berliner Jazztage archives
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